How can I choose the best Chinese beans?

Chinese long beans are also called yardong beans, asparagus beans, Chinese noodle beans or snake beans and can be almost 1 yard (about 1 m) long. The best Chinese long beans are young and slim, with fresh, chewing texture. These beans may be red or green, but should be bright and evenly colored, with slightly wrinkled skin. When cooking Chinese long beans, use only dry heat, because boiling or steamed can produce poor quality.

Chinese long beans are related to cow and are named after their pods, which can be up to 14 to 30 inches (35 to 75 cm) in length. These beans grow rapidly and are most often kept in the warm parts of southern China and in other areas of Southeast Asia. Long beans can be eaten raw or cooked, but usually fry. Chinese long beans also work well in salads. The old long long beans can be flexible, pods discarded and cooked and consumed as Pinto or Navy beans. Long beans youThey fall a lot like conventional green beans, but after cooking, stay more chewing and crispy. They should break with a sharp blow when they are fresh, be flexible without limp and will have either bright green or bright red-violet leather.

Look for samples with a slightly wrinkled surface but a solid texture. Avoid older beans, which over time become soft and wrinkled. You will not choose any Chinese long beans with dark or soft spots, fuzzy white mold or pit and holes along its length. Although you can still eat these beans as soon as bad places are removed, they have much lower quality. Store long beans in the fridge for up to a week, but use them before they become limp.

The way of preparing Chinese long beans that you choose can also affect their quality. While conventional green beans are often stewed or cooked, any cooking in water can makeT Chinese long beans mushy and inedible. Prepare these beans by breaking or chopping them into small pieces and cooking them on a dry fire in a very hot pan or wok using small oil. The skin should shrink and reverse and brown in some areas. You can then design them with a spicy sauce and eat them with rice or noodles.